resoluteness, boldness &c adj.; spirit, daring, gallantry, intrepidity;
contempt of danger, defiance of danger; derring-do; audacity; rashness
&c 863; dash; defiance &c 715; confidence, self-reliance.
manliness, manhood; nerve, pluck, mettle, game; heart, heart of
grace; spunk, guts, face, virtue, hardihood, fortitude, intestinal
fortitude; firmness &c (stability) 150; heart of oak; bottom, backbone,
spine &c (perseverance) 604.1.
resolution &c (determination) 604; bulldog courage.
prowess, heroism, chivalry.
exploit, feat, achievement; heroic deed, heroic act; bold stroke.
man, man of mettle; hero, demigod, Amazon, Hector; lion, tiger,
panther, bulldog; gamecock, fighting-cock; bully, fire eater &c 863.
V. be courageous &c adj.; dare, venture, make bold; face danger, front
danger, affront danger, confront danger, brave danger, defy danger,
despise danger, mock danger; look in the face; look full in the face,
look boldly in the face, look danger in the face; face; meet, meet in
front; brave, beard; defy &c 715.
take courage, muster courage, summon up courage, pluck up courage;
nerve oneself, take heart; take heart, pluck up heart of grace; hold up
one's head, screw one's courage to the sticking place; come up to
scratch; stick to one's guns, standfire†, stand against; bear up, bear
up against; hold out &c (persevere) 604.1.
put a bold face upon; show a bold front, present a bold front;
show fight; face the music.
bell the cat, take the bull by the horns, beard the lion in his
den, march up to the cannon's mouth, go through fire and water, run the
gantlet.
give courage, infuse courage, inspire courage; reassure,
encourage, embolden, inspirit, cheer, nerve, put upon one's mettle,
rally, raise a rallying cry; pat on the back, make a man of., keep in
countenance.
Adj. courageous, brave; valiant, valorous; gallant, intrepid; spirited,
spiritful†; high-spirited, high-mettled†; mettlesome, plucky; manly,
manful; resolute; stout, stout-hearted; iron-hearted, lion-hearted;
heart of oak; Penthesilean.
bold, bold-spirited; daring, audacious; fearless, dauntless,
dreadless†, aweless; undaunted, unappalled, undismayed, unawed,
unblanched, unabashed, unalarmed, unflinching, unshrinking†,
unblanching†, unapprehensive; confident, self-reliant; bold as a lion,
bold as brass.
enterprising, adventurous; venturous, venturesome; dashing,
chivalrous; soldierly &c (warlike) 722; heroic.
fierce, savage; pugnacious &c (bellicose) 720.
strong-minded, hardy, doughty; firm &c (stable) 150; determined &c
(resolved) 604; dogged, indomitable &c (persevering) 604.1.
up to, up to the scratch; upon one's mettle; reassured &c v.;
unfeared†, undreaded†.
Phr. one's blood being up; courage sans peur [Fr.]; fortes fortuna
adjuvat [Lat.] [Terence]; have I not in my time heard lions roar
[Taming of the Shrew]; I dare do all that may become a man [Macbeth];
male vincetis sed vincite [Lat.] [Ovid]; omne solum forti patria
[Lat.]; self-trust is the essence of heroism [Emerson]; stimulos dedit
oemula virtus [Lat.] [Lucan]; strong and great, a hero [Longfellow];
teloque animus proestantior omni [Lat.] [Ovid]; there, is always safety
in valor [Emerson]; virtus ariete fortier [Lat.].